ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,608, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NDTS Enterprises LLC (Villa Park, Calif.).

"Floor and wall panel system" was invented by Tryggvi Magnusson (Hortonville, Wis.) and Natalie A. Magnusson (Schofield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative wall system is provided that includes a number of panels that can be secured to an underlying wall and to one another in an overlapping configuration to provide a multi-layer, three-dimensional appearance to the wall. In one embodiment of the wall system, the system includes individual panels that include a decorative front surface and a rear surface. The rear surface includes undercut...